Graphing, interpretation, and comparison of results of loudspeaker nonlinear distortion measurements

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-357

  Voishvillo, Alexander ^a   Terekhov, Alexander ^a   Czerwinski, Eugene ^a   Alexandrov, Sergei ^a,b  

^a Cerwinski Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b JBL Professional   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION; MAGNETIC RECORDING; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COHERENCE FUNCTION; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT CURVE; GRAPHING; HIGHER ORDER SPECTRA;

LOUDSPEAKERS;

EID: 2442606585     PISSN: 15494950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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